Roger Curtis

Sir Rogert Curtis, 1st Baronet (4 June 1746-14 November 1816) was an Admiral of the Royal Navy of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary Wars, and Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Roger Curtis was born in Downton in Wiltshire, Great Britain, on 4 June 1746. In 1762, Curtis joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16 and served in the Seven Years' War, but saw no action, as it was the last year of the war. In 1775 he was promoted to commander under Admiral Richard Howe, and he fought in the American Revolutionary War during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. During the siege, he saved Spanish sailors from drowning after British fire ships destroyed their vessels, and when he returned home, he was knighted for his chivalry.

Curtis also fought the French in the French Revolutionary Wars, and his ship HMS Queen Charlotte was heavily-engaged in the Glorious First of June under Lord Howe in 1794. He was made a Baron for his service and helped defeat the Irish rebellion at the 1798 Battle of Tory Island, and in 1809 he was made the commander of the Portsmouth Station. In 1810 he retired, and he died at the age of 70 while happily retired in 1816